|
March 6, 2014, 4:45 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Leah McGrath Goodman / Newsweek: |
Elusive bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto is reportedly a 64-yr old living in California — The Face Behind Bitcoin — Satoshi Nakamoto stands at the end of his sunbaked driveway looking timorous. And annoyed. He's wearing a rumpled T-shirt, old blue jeans and white gym socks …
More:
Businessweek, Wall Street Journal, Wired, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Business Insider, The Awl, The Register, PC Magazine, Computerworld, Forbes, RT, The Technology Chronicles, SiliconBeat, ExtremeTech, CNET, Ars Technica, Inquirer, Nextgov, InfoWorld, BBC, POPSUGAR, Poynter, TechSpot, TechCrunch, PC World, Quartz, BGR, Slate, Fortune, On Bitcoin, I4U News, Fox News, Softpedia News, Guardian, CoinDesk, SlashGear, The Switch, Telegraph, Gawker, ReadWrite, Digital Trends, VentureBeat, The Verge, Mashable, Engadget, Network World, Capital New York, Daring Fireball, kottke.org, TechPresident and socalTECH.com
Tweets: @cdixon, @semil, @anildash, @buzzfeedben, @byandreachang, @kmmokai, @kmmokai, @levie, @m_delamerced, @nikcub, @naveen, @parislemon, @benkuchera, @djbentley, @justinwolfers, @tim, @sapnam, @nikcub, @saschasegan, @johnmcquaid, @newsweek, @mikko, @startupljackson, @ryanchittum, @stevenlevy and @rustyk5
Thanks:@lainnafader. See also Mediagazer| Kashmir Hill / Forbes: |
Rather than an invasion of privacy, Satoshi Nakamoto's outing is brilliant journalism — The Outing of Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Is Brilliant Journalism — In Newsweek, finance editor Leah McGrath Goodman claims to have outed the mysterious creator of the digital currency Bitcoin.
More:
Gigaom, Wired, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Bob Sullivan, Los Angeles Times, Business Insider, I4U News and CoinDesk
Tweets: @sneakin, @mmasnick and @binarybits
See also Mediagazer| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Spotify Acquires The Echo Nest, Gaining Control Of The Music DNA Company That Powers Its Rivals — Spotify has acquired The Echo Nest, as revealed by an official blog post today. The financial details of the acquisition haven't been revealed, but The Echo Nest is a self-described …
More:
The Echo Nest Blog, Music Machinery, The Next Web, Spotify DeveloperSpotify …, VentureBeat, Engadget, TheStreet.com, VentureBeat, PandoDaily, Guardian, GeekWire, BGR, MobileSyrup.com, Re/code, The Verge, Union Square Ventures, Gizmodo, TechSpot, SiliconANGLE, SlashGear, Gigaom, MacStories, PE Hub Blog, Electronista and hypebot. Tweets: @jmperezperez. Thanks:@riptari. See also Mediagazer
| Bloomberg: |
Spotify Said to Seek Credit Facility in Step Toward IPO — Spotify Ltd., the Stockholm-based music-streaming company backed by billionaire Li Ka-Shing, is speaking with banks about raising a credit facility, a move that could presage an initial public offering in the U.S., people with knowledge of the matter said.
More:
Quartz
| Neil Chenoweth / Financial Review: |
Apple moved $8.9B in untaxed profits from Australia to Irish subsidiary in last decade — How Ireland got Apple's $9bn profit — US tech giant Apple has shifted an estimated $8.9 billion in untaxed profits from its Australian operations to a tax haven structure in Ireland in the last decade … | Ellis Hamburger / The Verge: |
Facebook rolls out a simpler newsfeed redesign a year after first try was scrapped due to negative feedback — Facebook goes back to basics with latest News Feed redesign — After a year testing an aggressive update, Facebook finally settles on a look — Almost exactly one year ago …
More:
Facebook, TechCrunch, Re/code, ReadWrite, SiliconBeat, Inside Facebook, The Next Web, Engadget, Lifehacker and Gizmodo
| Brooks Barnes / New York Times: |
Disney's Game and Internet Division Cuts One Quarter of Its Workforce — GLENDALE, Calif. - Disney's struggling video game and Internet division laid off roughly 700 employees on Thursday, or 26 percent of its global staff, in a major retrenchment that includes a shift in advertising strategy at Disney.com.
| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Jack Tretton stepping down as president of Sony Computer Entertainment America — At the end of March, Sony Computer Entertainment America president and CEO Jack Tretton will be stepping down from his position after nearly two decades with the company. According to SCEA …
More:
PR Newswire, VentureBeat, Re/code, The Next Web, Engadget, TechCrunch, Electronista and Kotaku
| Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents: |
Setback for Apple: U.S. judge denies renewed bid for permanent injunction against Samsung — After it just became publicly-known that Apple itself had disclosed confidential licensing terms with respect to which it wanted Samsung sanctioned, Apple has to deal with another setback in its litigation with its most important competitor.
More:
Wall Street Journal, AppleInsider, CNET, PC World, bizjournals, App Advice, Gigaom, Electronista, TechnoBuffalo, Tech Trader Daily, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, BGR, PadGadget, Cult of Mac and The Switch. Thanks:@fosspatents
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
DigitalOcean Raises $37.2M From Andreessen Horowitz To Take On AWS — Cloud hosting company DigitalOcean raised a Series A round of $37.2 million at a $153 million valuation led by Andreessen Horowitz. Previous investors IA Ventures and CrunchFund also participated, but Andreessen Horowitz …
More:
eWeek, SiliconANGLE, PandoDaily, Forbes, Re/code, VentureBeat, Andreessen Horowitz, PE Hub Blog, Gigaom, Slashdot and FinSMEs. Thanks:@ingridlunden
| Emily Price / Engadget: |
‘Wello’ iPhone case can track your blood pressure, temperature and more — Last year, Scanadu caught our attention with Scout, its simple-to-use tricorder-style health monitor. Now a new iPhone case promises to make monitoring your vital signs even easier.
More:
Gigaom, MacRumors, Telegraph, Gizmodo, CNET, Electronista, LAPTOP Magazine, The Next Web, PC Magazine, App Advice, MacStories, Gotta Be Mobile, iDownloadBlog.com …, iLounge, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, Phones Review, Pocketnow, Lastest ITProPortal news, Softpedia News, Ubergizmo, SlashGear and Gizmodo UK. Tweets: @m4tt
| Dan Primack / Fortune: |
Sean Parker formally leaves Founders Fund — Sean Parker will not make new investments for Founders Fund, but will maintain board seats like Spotify. — FORTUNE — Sean Parker is no longer making new investments on behalf of Founders Fund, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm … | Evelyn M. Rusli / Wall Street Journal: |
| Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch: |
After 2 Years In Beta, Findery Launches Its Geo-Tagged Story Sharing App On iOS Worldwide — Findery's Caterina Fake On New iPhone App — In a city like San Francisco, there are tons of stories packed into every block — there's the one building that didn't burn down in the 1906 earthquake and fire …
More:
TechHive, Mashable, Breaking Apple News …, Laughing Squid, Tnooz, Re/code, CNET, Reuters, Business Insider, Los Angeles Times and The Next Web. Tweets: @jyri
| Christina Farr / VentureBeat: |
HootSuite uses part of its massive $165M round to form a skunkworks (exclusive) — For technology behemoths, staying innovative is a constant challenge. — Many of these companies are forming internal groups — often referred to as skunkworks — tasked with researching and building innovative products.
More:
BetaKit and Marketwired
| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
Trusper Raises $6.17M For Tips Based Social Networking App — New mobile app developer Trusper has just launched with $6.17 million to bring the knitting circle and the farmers almanac into the age of the iPhone. — The Los Gatos based company is the brainchild of Jack Jia …
More:
PE Hub Blog, VentureBeat, Re/code, VatorNews and silicontap.com
Sponsor Posts
Google:
Try Gemini 3 Pro — Google's newest and most intelligent AI model that helps you bring any idea to life
Try Gemini 3 Pro — Google's newest and most intelligent AI model that helps you bring any idea to life
Shopify:
Shopify's new AI commerce stack — Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Shopify's new AI commerce stack — Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Zoho:
Enhancements to Zoho Writer's automation flow designer: New PDF operations, password protection, and more — Once we rolled out the automation flow designer in Zoho Writer's merge templates …
Enhancements to Zoho Writer's automation flow designer: New PDF operations, password protection, and more — Once we rolled out the automation flow designer in Zoho Writer's merge templates …
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.Featured Podcasts
Big Technology Podcast:
2025 In Review, 2026 Predictions — With Reed Albergotti
The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators.
Subscribe to Big Technology Podcast.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
Podcast Pioneer PJ Vogt's Second Act: Less Budget, More Control
Media and tech aren't just intersecting - they're fully intertwined. To understand how those worlds work, Peter Kafka talks to industry leaders, upstarts and observers.
Subscribe to Channels with Peter Kafka.
BG2 Pod:
AI Enterprise - Databricks & Glean
Open-source podcast on all things tech, markets, investing, and capitalism, hosted by Brad Gerstner.
Subscribe to BG2 Pod.
Great Chat:
The stories we told ourselves in 2025
A podcast mostly about tech. Brought to you weekly by Angela Du, Sally Shin, Mac Bohannon, Helen Min, and Ashley Mayer.
Subscribe to Great Chat.
Grit:
How Brands Stay Visible When AI Decides | Profound CEO James Cadwallader
Grit explores what it takes to create, build and scale world-class organizations.
Subscribe to Grit.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
Ted Sarandos: Netflix and how tech changed storytelling
Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith speaks with leaders in government, business, and culture to explore the most critical challenges at the intersection of technology and society.
Subscribe to Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 4:45 PM ET, March 6, 2014.
The most current version of the site as always is available at our home page. To view an earlier snapshot click here and then modify the date indicated.
From Mediagazer
Todd Spangler / Variety:Zachary Leeman / Mediaite:
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Paul Sawers / The Next Web: |
More:
Re/code, TechCrunch, The Verge, VentureBeat and TechHive
| Lizette Chapman / Wall Street Journal: |
More:
PE Hub Blog and TechCrunch
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
| David Meyer / Gigaom: |
More:
Engadget, blogs.opera.com, ZDNet and The Next Web
Earlier Picks
| Lisa Fernandez / NBC Bay Area: |
More:
Salon, NBC Bay Area, Slate, Business Insider and Mercury News
Tweets: @nbcbayarea, @susie_c and @mikeisaac
| Biz Carson / Gigaom: |
| Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch: |
| Gemma Padley / British Journal of Photography: |
More:
Getty Images, Wall Street Journal, Examiner, Nieman Journalism Lab, Computerworld, Betabeat, Forbes, PetaPixel, Businessweek, Poynter, CNET, ANIMAL, TechEye, CNET, everwas, Techdirt, Digital Photography Review, Fast Company, SlashGear, Business Insider, GeekWire and TechCrunch
Tweets: @jeffjarvis and @erinsiegal
See also Mediagazer